SWL Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) .....Yahoo in particular but not even close to being alone. Who writes these....15 year olds that somehow know everything? The comments are just as bad/worse in many cases. I mean, it's a joke and a waste of time. I'm wondering what qualifies these people to write this stuff? This country is circling the drain so fast it isn't funny anymore. Let er rip......I gotta go turn my speaker a quarter inch so it can sound better. Edited October 4, 2014 by SWL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhenry Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 You are right on! My local "news" websites are a complete joke! They regularly refer to somebody by name in the middle an article that the reader is supposed to be familiar with but was never mentioned previously in the story! And the grammar and errors make it almost impossible to read. Even CNN has some awful writers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Do what I do, don't even watch or read the news. Heck the weather people aren't even right half the time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 One good thing about watching the news is the women on there are getting better looking! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 One good thing about watching the news is the women on there are getting better looking! Perhaps you're just getting older? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 The Spanish News is the best. I can't understand a word they are saying but the dual outstanding 11 type female newscasters really catch my eye. JJK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 One good thing about watching the news is the women on there are getting better looking! Perhaps you're just getting older? You're probably right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I have never been able to watch local news, even before they broke for commercials with cliff hangers (your children may die in the middle of the night, find out how after the break!) The internet is just an extension of that. The news should be called "the gossip for the least common denominator" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 The news should be called "the gossip for the least common denominator" Right.....and the internet is so much worse in that reguard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Wut u meen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) ...Yahoo in particular but not even close to being alone. Who writes these...15-year-olds that somehow know everything? The comments are just as bad/worse in many cases. I mean, it's a joke and a waste of time....I'm wondering what qualifies these people to write this stuff?... I've noticed a great democratization of news, editorials (viewpoints on news), articles, blogs, etc. The problem, of course, is that there aren't any taste-testers. There is much greater potential for communication. I don't know if young folks are being taught to distrust productively and sometimes more importantly--when to trust what they read. Like living in a communist country, most readers wisely become secretive of their own real views in social or political discussions. Having said that, I've noticed a significant quality decline in online articles of late--perhaps because I'm a little older and wiser or I now just know better, or I understand when governing principles are being violated. I believe some of this is what you were writing about in your opener. For instance, some of what I read now is really awful--some of it wishful thinking about how things should be, or fad-thinking (lemmings to the sea ideologies) that I see young people writing about, but that clearly don't understand the way things really work...an inexcusable error in today's "information world". Worse, I see a lot of political-ideology-driven news articles, and worse---the illusion of news. I recommend using "memeorandum colors" plugin for reading memeorandum on FIrefox--it will change your view of the world, rather quickly. It seems like most of what I read in terms of news or articles/opinion now keeps drinking its own bathwater: called "information cascades". News bureaus have laid off their reporters, to be replaced by...nothing but amateurs writing "stuff". No editors involved. New world that is not necessarily better if we can't teach people how to better filter signal from massive amounts of noise. Edited October 4, 2014 by Chris A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I'm wondering what qualifies these people to write this stuff? Nothing whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I feel like I missed something...WAT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusruler Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Do what I do, don't even watch or read the news. Heck the weather people aren't even right half the time.yet they expect us to believe in man made global warming......oooops, i mean climate change! bunch of clowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 It doesn't really matter it is happening anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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